Cool Websites and Tools [December 17th 2011]

Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. Most of the listed websites are FREE or come with a decent free account option. If you want to have similar cool website round-ups delivered to your daily email, subscribe here.

[NO LONGER WORKS] Snip.it – There are a few services that let you create a bundle of links easily. However, very few of them actually help you curate those links for future reference or for more intelligent sharing. Snip.it is a new tool that aims at getting that done. It’s in beta but you can sign up using Facebook. It helps you create link collections and share them with friends. Read more: Snip.it: Collect & Share Link Bundles Online

SiteSimon – With an increasing number of websites, webpages, and blog posts, it is not easy to find online content that you will find interesting. Here to help you by letting the interesting content find you is a web service called SiteSimon, a web service that fetches online content based on your interests. Your interests are determined by your browsing history. Read more: SiteSimon: Discover Interesting Online Content By Letting It Find You [Chrome]

Ruck.us – It is clear that the war at the top of the social network pyramid is likely to be Facebook versus Google Plus or maybe them versus Twitter for the next few years. So people perhaps realize the futility of investing time and energy into building yet another all-in-one social site. Therefore niche social sites are the new thing and Ruck.us has just joined the league. Read more: Ruck.us: A Social Network That Focuses On Politics

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